---
title: 'The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Merian C. Cooper'
released: '1935-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-days-of-pompeii-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026605/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)

1935 · 96 min · Drama, Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) is an RKO Radio Pictures film starring Preston Foster and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, creators of the original King Kong.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Merian C. Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/merian-c-cooper), [Ernest B. Schoedsack](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-b-schoedsack)
- **Producer:** [Merian C. Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/merian-c-cooper)
- **Screenplay:** [Ruth Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-rose), [James Ashmore Creelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ashmore-creelman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff), [J. Roy Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-roy-hunt)
- **Editor:** [Archie Marshek](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-marshek)

## Cast

- [Dorothy Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-wilson)
- [Murray Kinnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-kinnell)
- [David Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-holt)
- [Gloria Shea](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-shea)
- [Frank Conroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-conroy)
- [Margaret McWade](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-mcwade)
- [Preston Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/preston-foster)
- [Edwin Maxwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-maxwell)
- [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone)
- [Henry Kolker](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-kolker)
- [Jack Mulhall](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mulhall)
- [John Davidson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-davidson-2)
- [William V. Mong](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-v-mong)
- [Edward Van Sloan](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-van-sloan)
- [Winston Hibler](https://cinepixo.com/people/winston-hibler)

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